Halle

See also: halle, hallé, hälle, hallë, and Hälle

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, variant of Hall.
• As a French surname, from the noun halle (“covered room”).
• As a Belgian and Dutch surname, from Halle, Belgium.
• As a Jewish surname, from Halle in Saxony, named after the river Saale.

Pronunciation

• (female given name) enPR: hălē, IPA^(key): /ˈhæli/

Proper noun

Halle

1. An independent city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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2. A female given name, alternative spelling of Hallie. popularized by american actress Halle Berry

Anagrams

• Hella, hella, hella-

Dutch

Etymology

• (Gelderland) First attested as hall in 1263. Potentially a compound of Proto-Germanic *halha- (“highland spur”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). Another possibility is a derivation from Middle Dutch halle (“covered market”), from Old Dutch *halla, from Frankish *hallu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑ.lə/
• Hyphenation: Hal‧le
• Rhymes: -ɑlə

Proper noun

Halle n

1. a city in Flemish Brabant, Belgium

   Meronyms: Buizingen, Lembeek

2. a village in Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Netherlands
3. a city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Derived terms

• Halle-Heide
• Halle-Nijman
• Hallenaar
• Halls
• Hals
• Parelgrijs van Halle

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalə/
• Rhymes: -alə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu. Compare Low German Hall, Dutch hal, English hall, Danish hall, Swedish hall.

Noun

Halle f (genitive Halle, plural Hallen)

1. hall (a spacious room, especially one with a specific function)

Declension

Declension of Halle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Halle	die	Hallen
genitive	einer	der	Halle	der	Hallen
dative	einer	der	Halle	den	Hallen
accusative	eine	die	Halle	die	Hallen

Hyponyms

• Eingangshalle
• Feuerhalle
• Kaufhalle
• Leichenhalle
• Ruhmeshalle
• Schwimmhalle
• Spielhalle
• Sporthalle
• Turnhalle
• Vorhalle

Derived terms

• Hallenbad
• Hallenschwimmbad

Etymology 2

Attested in early manuscripts as Halla. Of unclear origin, traditionally linked to the river Saale, whose name ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”). Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“building supported by columns”).

Proper noun

Halle n (proper noun, genitive Halles or (optionally with an article) Halle)

1. Halle (an independent city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

   Synonyms: Halle (Saale), Halle an der Saale, Halle a/S., Halle a. d. S., Halle a. S.

2. a town in Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

   Synonyms: Halle (Westf.), Halle (Westfalen)

3. a village in Grafschaft Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany
4. a municipality of the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany
5. a small river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6. a city and municipality of the district of Halle-Vilvoorde, province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Derived terms

• hallisch
• Hallenser
• Haller

References

• Steffen Drenkelfuss: Halle – die schräge Stadt. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (Halle/Saalkreis)

Further reading

• “Halle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Halle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Halle” in Duden online
• Halle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Halle”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891